Scripted Video Viral as One Showing Dhaka Girl Alive After Her Head Was Severed
The video was made by Indian content creator Jitendra Singh Rawat and was shared on his channel 'JS HAUNTED VLOGS'.
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A video, purportedly showing a woman whose head was severed from her body, has gone viral on social media.
The claim: The video is being shared to claim that it shows a woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh, who was still alive after after a train accident severed her head.
(Archives of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)
But...?: The video was created by Indian content creator 'JS Haunted Vlogs' and does not show an accident in Dhaka.
How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image search on the viral video using Google Lens.
The search results led us to a YouTube channel called 'JS HAUNTED VLOGS' which had uploaded this video as a short clip.
We saw that this channel had shared several videos featuring headless bodies which appeared to be alive.
Headless people appear to be a theme on this channel.
(Source: YouTube/Screenshot)
The channel's description mentioned that it shared videos "dedicated to entertaining" people.
The channel makes videos to entertain people.
(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint)
We also came across the Facebook page associated with this channel, where the description mentioned that a user named Jitendra Singh Rawat ran it, who was based in Rajasthan, India.
The creator is based in Rajasthan's Ajmer.
(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)
The Quint had reached out to Rawat for more information and will update this report as and when a response is received.
Conclusion: An Indian content creator's video has gone viral with the false claim that it shows a woman who was still alive after a train accident in Dhaka.
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